2023 CITROEN C5 tailgate

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Contents
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Overview
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Eco-driving
1InstrumentsInformation to the driver 10
Digital instrument panel 10
E-HUD 11
Warning and indicator lamps 12
Indicators 17
Manual test 20
Total distance recorder 20
Trip computer 20
Touch screen 21
Remote functions (Rechargeable hybrid) 23
2AccessElectronic key with remote control function and
built-in key 25
Proximity Keyless Entry and Start 27
Central locking 29
Back-up procedures 29
Doors 31
Boot 32
Motorised tailgate 32
Alarm 35
Electric windows 38
Sunroof 39
3Ease of use and comfortDriving position 41
Front seats 42
Steering wheel adjustment 45
Mirrors 46
Rear bench seat 47
Heating and Ventilation 49
Dual-zone automatic air conditioning 50
Front demisting - defrosting 52
Rear screen demisting/defrosting 52
Heated windscreen 53
Temperature pre-conditioning
(Rechargeable hybrid)
53
Front fittings 54
Courtesy lamps 57
Interior ambient lighting 57
Rear fittings 58
Boot fittings 59
4Lighting and visibilityExterior lighting control stalk 61
Direction indicators 62
Headlamp beam height adjustment 63
Automatic illumination of headlamps 63
Guide-me-home and welcome lighting 63
Automatic lighting systems - General
recommendations
64
Automatic headlamp dipping 64
Cornering lighting 65
Wiper control stalk 65
Automatic wipers 66
Changing a wiper blade 68
5SafetyGeneral safety recommendations 69
Hazard warning lamps 69
Horn 69
Pedestrian horn (Rechargeable hybrid) 70
Emergency or assistance 70
Electronic stability control (ESC) 72
Seat belts 75
Airbags 77
Active bonnet 79
Child seats 79
Deactivating the front passenger airbag 81
ISOFIX child seats 82
i-Size child seats 84
Installing child seats 85
Child lock 87
6DrivingDriving recommendations 88
Starting/Switching off the engine with
Keyless Entry and Starting
89
Starting rechargeable hybrid vehicles 90
Electric parking brake 91
Automatic gearbox 93
Citroën Advanced Comfort active suspension 96
Driving modes 96
Hill start assist 98
Gear shift indicator 98
Stop & Start 99
Tyre under-inflation detection 100
Driving and manoeuvring aids - General
recommendations
101
Steering wheel with hands-on detection 103
Shortcuts for driving aids 103
Road signs recognition 104
Speed limiter 107
Cruise control - Specific recommendations 109
Cruise control 109
Highway Driver Assist 111

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Overview
Steering-mounted controls

1.External lighting controls/Direction indicators/
Select the instrument panel display mode
2. Wiper controls/Screenwash/Trip computer
3. Automatic gearbox control paddles
4. Controls for Cruise control/Speed limiter/
Adaptive cruise control/Highway Driver Assist
or Highway Driver Assist 2.0
A. Up/Down: increase/decrease the speed
setting
Press: display and adjustment of the distance
setting to the vehicle in front (Adaptive cruise
control) B.
Select/Deselect the cruise control function
Select/Deselect the Adaptive cruise control/
Highway Driver Assist
C. Start/Pause of the Speed limiter or Cruise
control with the speed setting saved
Confirmation of vehicle restart after automatic
stop (Adaptive cruise control with Stop & Go
function)
D. Select/Deselect the speed limiter function
E. Activation of the Speed limiter or Cruise
control with the speed setting saved
Use the speed suggested by the Road signs
recognition system
5. Horn/Driver front airbag
6. Audio system setting controls
F. Press: display favourite radio stations/media
Up/Down: previous/next radio/media/
smartphone selection
Press: validation of a selection
G. Decrease/Increase volume
H. Pick up/Hang up
Access to the Phone application's call log
I. Short press: system voice commands
Long press: smartphone voice commands
Side control bar



1. Headlamp beam height adjustment
2. Motorised tailgate
3. Heated windscreen
4. Heated steering wheel
5. Temperature conditioning (Rechargeable
hybrid)
6. Opening the fuel filler flap (Rechargeable
hybrid)
Rechargeable hybrid
system

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2Electronic key with
remote control function
and built-in key
Remote control function

The remote control can be used for the following
remote functions, depending on version:
–
Unlocking/Locking/Deadlocking the vehicle.
–


Unlocking - Opening the boot.
–


Folding/Unfolding the door mirrors.
–


Activating/Deactivating the alarm.
–


Locating the vehicle.
–


Opening/Closing the windows.
–


Closing the sunroof.
–


Activating the vehicle’
s electronic immobiliser.
Back-up procedures allow the vehicle to be
locked/unlocked in the event of a failure of the
remote control, the central locking, the battery,
etc. For more information on the Back-up
procedures, refer to the corresponding section.
Built-in key
The key built into the remote control can be
used for the following operations, depending on
version:
–

Activation/Deactivation of the manual child
lock.
–


Activation/Deactivation of the front passenger
airbag.
–


Back-up Unlocking/Locking of the doors.

► To eject the key or put it back in place, pull
and hold the button.
Once the built-in key is ejected, always
keep it with you to be able to carry out
the corresponding back-up procedures.
Unlocking the vehicle
Selective unlocking (driver’s door, boot) is
configured in the Settings
> Vehicle
touch screen application.
Complete unlocking
► If the selective unlocking is deactivated,
press the unlocking button.
Depending on version, the door mirrors unfold.
Selective unlocking
Driver’s door and fuel filler/charging flap
► Press the unlocking button.
►

Press it
again to unlock the other doors and
the boot.
The charging nozzle can be unplugged on the
second press.
Complete or selective unlocking, and alarm
deactivation (depending on version), is confirmed
by the flashing of the direction indicators.
Depending on version, the door mirrors unfold.
Opening the windows
►

T
o open the windows, press the unlocking
button for more than 2 seconds (depending on
version).
►

Press again to stop the windows opening.
Selective unlocking and opening of
the tailgate
By default, selective unlocking of the tailgate
is deactivated and its motorised operation is
activated.

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► Press and hold this button to unlock
the boot and trigger the motorised
opening of the tailgate.
When selective unlocking of the tailgate is
activated, the doors and the fuel filler flap remain
locked.
If selective unlocking of the tailgate is
deactivated, pressing the button unlocks the
whole vehicle.
If motorised operation of the tailgate is
deactivated, pressing the button partially
opens the tailgate.
To lock the vehicle, it is necessary to close
the tailgate again.
Locking the vehicle
Normal locking
► Press the locking button.
The locking, and the activation of the alarm
depending on version, is confirmed by the
lighting of the direction indicators.
Depending on version, the door mirrors fold.
An access (door or boot) that is not properly closed prevents locking of the
vehicle. However, if the vehicle is fitted with
an alarm, it will be activated after 45
seconds.
If the vehicle is unlocked but the doors or boot
are not subsequently opened,
the vehicle
will automatically lock itself again after about
30 seconds. If the vehicle is fitted with an
alarm, it will be reactivated automatically.
Closing the windows and sunroof
►

T
o completely close the windows and,
depending on version, the sunroof, press the
locking button for more than 2 seconds.
►

Press again to stop closing.
Ensure that no person or object could
prevent the correct closing of the
windows and sunroof.
If, on versions with alarm, you want to
leave the windows and/or sunroof partially
open, you must first deactivate the interior
volumetric alarm protection.
For more information on the Alarm, refer to
the corresponding section.
Deadlocking
Deadlocking renders the interior door
controls inoperative. It also disables the
central locking button.
The horn remains operational.
Never leave anyone inside the vehicle
when it is deadlocked.
►

Press the locking button.
► Press the locking button again within 3
seconds to deadlock the vehicle (confirmed by
the temporary lighting of the direction indicators).
For vehicles equipped with the Keyless
Entry and Starting system, a double audible
signal indicates that the vehicle has not been
deadlocked.
Depending on version, activation/
deactivation of the audible signal is done
in the Settings > Vehicle touch screen
application.
Locating the vehicle
Helps you to locate your vehicle from a distance,
with the vehicle locked:
–

The direction indicators flash for approximately
10 seconds.
–


The door mirror spotlamps come on.
–


The courtesy lamps come on.
► Press this button.
Advice
Remote control
The remote control is a sensitive, high-
frequency device; avoid handling it in your
pocket, due to the risk of unintentionally
unlocking the vehicle.
Avoid pressing the remote control buttons
while out of range of the vehicle, due to
the risk of rendering the remote control

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Selective unlocking
Driver’s door and fuel filler/charging flap
They unlock:
►
either automatically when approaching the
driver

’s door, if the automatic functions are
activated;
►

or by a light press on the handle.
►


Once inside the vehicle, to unlock all
accesses, press the central locking button or pull
the opening control of any door

.
If the user is outside zone A and presses
once on the unlocking button of their
electronic key, only the driver's door and the
fuel filler flap will unlock if selectivity is
activated. Pressing the button again unlocks
the rest of the vehicle.
Selective unlocking of the tailgate
The tailgate unlocks automatically as you
approach the rear of the vehicle.
►

Press the tailgate control to open the boot.
The doors remain locked.
Locking the vehicle
Normal locking

With the doors and boot closed, the vehicle
locks:
►

either automatically when leaving recognition
zone

B, if the automatic functions are activated;
►

or
by a light press on the driver's door handle.
The locking is confirmed by the illumination
of the direction indicators as well as a double
audible signal for the locking on moving away
from the vehicle.
The alarm does not activate when locking automatically from a distance (the
direction indicators do not light up).
It is not possible to lock the vehicle if the
electronic key is left inside.
Deadlocking
Deadlocking renders the interior door
controls inoperative. It also deactivates
the central locking button.
The horn remains operational.
Never leave anyone inside the vehicle
when it is deadlocked.


► Gently press the driver ’s door handle to lock
the vehicle.
► Press it again within 3 seconds to deadlock
the vehicle (confirmed by the temporary lighting
of the direction indicators).
A double audible signal indicates that the vehicle
has not been deadlocked.
Depending on version, activation/
deactivation of the audible signal is done
in the Settings > Vehicle touch screen
application.
Advice
If one of the doors or the boot is still open
or if the electronic key for the Keyless
Entry and Starting

system has been left inside
the vehicle, central locking will not take place.
If the vehicle is unlocked but the doors or
tailgate are not subsequently opened, the
vehicle will automatically lock itself again after
about 30
seconds. If the vehicle is so
equipped, the alarm is automatically
reactivated (if previously activated).
Automatic folding/unfolding of the door mirrors is configured in the Settings
>
Vehicle touch screen application.
As a safety measure, never leave the vehicle, even for a short time, without

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From inside
► Pull the interior opening control of a door; this
unlocks the vehicle completely .
With selective unlocking activated:
– Opening the driver's door unlocks
the driver's door only (if the vehicle has not
already been completely unlocked).
–

Opening one of the passenger doors
unlocks the rest of the vehicle.
Boot
Opening the tailgate
► With the vehicle unlocked or with the
electronic key in the recognition zone, press the
central tailgate control.
►

Raise the tailgate.
When selective unlocking is activated,
the electronic key must be close to the
rear of the vehicle.
The tailgate is not designed to hold a bicycle carrier.
Closing the tailgate
► Lower the tailgate using the interior grips.
► Release the grips and press down on the
outside of the tailgate to close it.
In the event of a malfunction or if you
experience difficulty opening or closing
the tailgate, have it checked by a CITROËN
dealer or a qualified workshop without delay,
to avoid the issue deteriorating and prevent
any risk of the tailgate dropping, potentially
causing serious injury.
Back-up release
To manually unlock the boot in the event of a
battery or central locking failure.
Unlocking
► Fold the rear seats to gain access to the lock
from inside the boot.


► Insert a small screwdriver into hole A of the
lock to unlock the boot.
►

Move the latch to the left.
Locking after closing
If the fault persists after closing again, the boot
will remain locked.
Motorised tailgate
The motorised tailgate must only be operated with the vehicle stationary.


Check that there is enough space to
allow for the movement of the motorised
tailgate.


Never insert a finger in the locking
system of the motorised tailgate - risk of
serious injury!

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2To avoid the risk of injury through pinching or trapping, before and during
operation of the motorised tailgate:
–

ensure that there is no-one close to the
rear of the vehicle.
–


monitor the activity of the rear passengers,
particularly any children.
Bicycle carrier/Towing device
The motorised tailgate is not designed to support
a bicycle carrier.
When installing a bicycle carrier on the towing
device with connection of the cable to the trailer
socket, the motorised operation of the tailgate
will be automatically deactivated.
If using a towing device or bicycle carrier
not recommended by CITROËN, it is
essential to deactivate the motorised
operation of the tailgate.
Motorised operation
The motorised operation of the tailgate is configured in the Settings
> Vehicle
touch screen application.


There are several ways of operating the tailgate:
A. Using the Keyless Entry and Starting
system’s electronic key
B. Using the exterior tailgate control
C. Using the interior tailgate control
D. Using the control on the dashboard
Opening
► A long press on the central button A of the
electronic key.
or
►

A
short press on the exterior tailgate control
B, with the electronic key on your person.
or
►

T
wo consecutive presses on the control D on
the dashboard.
The tailgate opens, either completely by default, or to the position memorised
beforehand.
If motorised operation is not activated, these
actions release the tailgate (partially-open
position).
When the vehicle is locked, the request to
open the boot with one of the controls A
or B unlocks the vehicle, or only the boot if
selective unlocking is activated, prior to the
opening of the boot.
Closing
► A short press on the interior tailgate control C.
It is possible to interrupt the operation of
the tailgate at any point.
Pressing one of these controls again
interrupts the movement that is underway.
Memorising an opening
position
To limit the opening angle of the motorised
tailgate:
►

move the tailgate to the desired position
manually or by pressing the button.
►


press button
C or the exterior control B for
more than 3 seconds (memorisation is confirmed
by a brief audible signal).
A new memorisation operation cancels the
previous one.

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Memorising is not available until the
height of opening is more than or equal
to 1 metre between the low position and the
high position of the tailgate.
Manual operation
The tailgate can be manoeuvred by hand, even
with motorised operation activated.
The tailgate must be stationary.
With resumption of the motorised function
It is possible to trigger the tailgate motorisation
manually.
►

When the tailgate is open: manoeuvre the
tailgate slightly but firmly to trigger the motorised
closing.
►


When the tailgate is partially open:
manoeuvre the tailgate slightly but firmly to
trigger the motorised opening.
W

ithout resumption of the motorised function
►

Manoeuvre the tailgate gently without
slamming, as slowly as possible.
When opening and closing the motorised tailgate
manually

, there is no assistance from gas struts.
Resistance to opening and closing is therefore
entirely normal.
If the electric motor overheats
Repeatedly opening and closing the
motorised tailgate can cause overheating of
its electric motor, after which opening and
closing will not be possible.
Allow at least 10 minutes for the electric
motor to cool down before operating the
tailgate again.
If you are unable to wait, operate it manually.
Manual closing of the
motorised tailgate in case of
failure
This operation is only necessary in the case of
failure of the tailgate motor .
If the failure originates from the battery, it is
recommended to recharge it or change it with the
tailgate closed.
In this situation, a significant force may be
needed to close the tailgate.
►

Close it gently without slamming, as slowly as
possible, by pushing at the centre of the tailgate.
Do not lower the tailgate by pushing at
one of its sides - risk of damage!
Precautions in use
In wintry conditions
To avoid any operating problems, remove
the snow or wait until the ice melts before
requesting motorised opening of the tailgate.
When washing
When washing the vehicle in an
automatic car wash, do not forget to lock and
move away from the vehicle to prevent any
risk of unwanted opening.
Hands-free function
(Hands-Free Tailgate
Access)
With the electronic key on your person, this
function allows the motorised tailgate to be
opened, closed or stopped via a “kicking”
movement under the rear bumper.
The “Hands-free tailgate/opening” function is configured in the Settings
>
Vehicle touch screen application.
Ensure that you are steady on your feet
before performing the “kicking”
movement.
Take care not to touch the exhaust system
which may be hot - risk of burns!
Rechargeable hybrid vehicles
The function is not available when the
vehicle is connected.